Dart gun



` sept-"7 1937- M. s. sHuN DART GUN Filed Feb. 18, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2wlw l@UNI-TEDSTATES PATENr-'Qrrilfcr yPatenit-Ked Sept.7,1937 l l Y lDART'GUN x Moses s. s"h1m, Williamsport, Po., l V 1 Application February`18", 1937,'` Serial No.126,4`64 f f1 y u l l Y n n 4 claims;(ciers-1015i l This" invention relates tothe class offtbyfguns In thehand-grip! area of. the-stock' there is fand. pertains particularly toxagun designed for formed vertically through the stock` thetrigger i l itheshooting of darts o1"similar*devices"suitalole` `slot I," in which ismounted transversely ofA the n n `fcrll`lseinccnnection with games wheretargets `stock and theslotted aredthe trigger-pin. .iupon 5!Agreggi;upmbg]sh`01; g; n 1 H: which is mounted thetrigger. 6`."\-Thelower end of Vl'lheprimaryohj'ect ff the present invention is i thetrigger projects in. the usual?` manner below to provide et new andnovelgun const'ructedkalong the undersideofy thelstock `andtis shielded bythel the geni'fpliniplebf 1 crOss-bow, wherein novel Y trigger gualrd l,and the upper` end of` the trigger means 1S devised for projecting adart or similar above' the pivot 5 extends'tofwithin ai shortdisl'gipdevifce forwardly through a barrel or other suit- `tance of thetop'oftheop'enin'g 4 and carries upon 10 ,"ble guide'means,` l y itsUpperend 'the `forweildly extending loop 8 Anotherobjectoftheinventionis to provide a through which passes the transverse-bar 9iThis "toy gn of the charcter stated in which novel 'bar 19 has itsendsextended throughslotslwhich fmonsis plovdedior'loading the gun, orin 'other :are formedlin' the side walls of the stock and open145;]words, forplacngga;dart"infpositionfready for L into the 4triggerlslot `t andhwhichre slightly 15` I `y`shootirig,"` 'f 8I'Cl1al.`a$ShOWnisothatvwhen the projectingend l" A] still further objectof the`inventionis to pro- `0f `the trigger itl isidrawn back; tht;` 109118"can i `vide gA fof the'cr'oss-bcw tybeinwhih novelf swing the bar 9downwardly to retracttheprol p i "lhealfs IrOvvided for'holdihgthebow'string and jectirlglllpperendsof latch fingers IIiQFI'he-laitch i gd`for" releasingthe same when the gunis to be=f1red.- `fingers l I l formfthe. upperterminalsof` rocking 20 f1 l y The` invention will bebesttnderstood from a. bars I2, each'of which isl pivotallyattcched as lJconsideret'on ofthe followingdetaiieddescripwatv I 3 to` the outer sideof the-gun stock `and ex l tion takenin'connectionwithfthe accompanyingtends upwardly and `forwardly aorcsslthe adjacent ings forming partoft'hissnecicatlon, with i" end of the bar :9 soithat thevrear bar canbe at- 25 `Ult ,nderSthdingL-lowever. that theinvention is tached to therocking'bar and thus when thebar 25 "n co ned to any strict conformitywith theft is swung downwardly byfoscillationgof the "TF" in ofthedrawings but maybe changed or trigger the upwardly projectedingerportions il "modifdjso long as'such changes or modiications of the`rocking bars i l2 `will bey `swungforwardly fino kno materialdcparturejfrom the salientiea.- and downwardly. These irrers H normallypro- 39 tur fthe invention as expressed ingthe` ap-l i ject above thetop of the gunstock forthe purpose 30 l i hereinafter described..Therocking bors-aref'normallyhelcl with the fingers H projectedrupwardlyreif; fa vicw'insideelevationofa gun conby the spring `I3' which ishoused in the slot 4 nieu QL sti'` d in acmdahtefwth Vtheprenant inven-:ind has oneend attached to thestoclfand the OIL i l l i i l l other endattached to theltrigger sonstonor- 35 i 21, wiewmtgp :Sismi dupont..slightly enlarged scale u Mounted uponjthe top of the forestck lnwhatiown thegunlongitudinalsectlon, would" beam a standard.type rifleythelbreech @Sectional viewftokenion the line @H4 area. is "s relativelylong pleteU y|14 whihihas `@L` nat i, l 'l Atonsurioceond which has spinrtion` of each lon- 40 ls a stonslviewtakeri the line 5-5 eitudinal edgeturned inwardly to form a flange f l l5 whichis in spaced reletionwiththe'hofdyof i 6 sasctiontl View fthe-line Ber-36 or the plate and thusforms-La, guidegropve I6, as i1- 2,! M i ww .f i i lustreitedlinyie. 4.@`The rearend ctlthis eloni *n y i-i 7 is e View in Side elevation of oportion of goteo slide plate over which a dart is moved, as 45 the dort;tonveyorby which soort, moved into ,will he herelnarterk ,desmritecit is`cut cunas indiliringlpositiorl. 1:" i y l i y cated at l1. andthiscnt-out crea isiclosedby the [Referring new rhone particularlytothedrew@` `removableplate IB- which atiits rearend is seines;thcnumerel l senerollydesisnatesthe stool.: cured to the gun stock, asdnfiioted at' i9; This of the sun whihuhas itsiorword portion out out'fplote covers the 'ton of the triggerv slot 4, and it 50 mytheusualfmanner es indicated, at 2 toiorin la,` i ,has formed therethroughiustto the rear or the fortaibl hand eripiendrwhch at its forwetrd slot4. the cord opening .2llgwhich overlies the yis `construetexi thepusuolmsnnerci rifle downwardly aindrenrwardly extending passage ks; tonrovidetheiorefstock .ortoni-J iinon 2l which passes througnthis stocktq@groove zg Awhich the rearofthegsun ber formedupon the underside ofthehond grip area, 55 Y j molly pull the lower endoi thevsarne forwardly."a View s niountedir,

of the stock. This groove 22 extends rearwardly to the chamber 23, andthis chamber has a shaft 24 passing transversely therethrough. One endof this shaft is rotatably mounted in the stock and Y 5 the other endpasses out through the side ofthe'v stock and terminates in the crank25.

The rocking bars I2 and the slots I0 are covered by the face plates 26which are secured to the sides of the stock, and these plates may beprovided with suitableapertures 21 to form a means for oiling thetrigger mechanism without necessitating the removal of the plates. Thedart guide plate extends forwardly from the trigger area through only aportion of the length of the fore-stock 3, where it abuts the rear en'dof the barrel 23. The barrel may extend forwardly any desired distancebeyond the fore-stock so that the toy will simulate a rifle. The forwardend of the barrel is4 provided with a front sight 29, while at the rearvend of the barrel a V sight 30 is mountl ed, and one edge of the plateof which this V sight lsformed, is integral with the forward end edge ofan-elongated guard plate 3| which extends rearwardly from the sight 30to the rear part of the breech and is provided with the downwardlyextending ears 32 which are attached to the `side of the stock. Thelower edge of this guard plate' 3| is spaced slightly from the adjacentp'ortion of the stock and-from the plate I4, for the purpose hereinafterpointed out.

Secured across the front edge of the fore-stock is a short resilientplate 33, and secured over this plate is the relatively long bow spring34. The attachment of the spring with the fore-stock is 35 midwaybetween the ends of the spring, and these ends have a bow string or wire35 connected therewith, which passes through between lthe guard plate 3|and the plate I4 and across the top of the latter plate. l

.Mounted for movement longitudinally of the plate I4 is a propellerwhich comprises a socketlike element 36`which is attached to a riderplate 31 which rests upon the dart guide plate I4 and has its oppositeside edges engaged in the inward- 1y facing guide grooves I6. Thispropeller has a suitable transverse passage formed in the rearwardlyextending eye 38 for the bow string 35 to pass through, and alsoattached to the eye 38 is one end of a draw string 33 which passesrearwardly through the opening 2|) and to the crank shaft 24 by way ofthe passage 2| and slot 22. It will thus be apparent that when the shaft24 to which the rear end of the string 39 is attached, is rotated towind up the string, the pro- 55 peller will be drawn back and also thecentral part of the bow string 35 to ex the bow, as illustrated in Fig.2, and when the propeller is at the limit of its rearward movement, theparts of the bow string at each side thereof will lie just 00 behind thelatch fingers II, and when the gun is prepared for firing it isnecessary todraw back` upon the trigger 6 so as to retract the fingersII and allow the string to pass over them and then the trigger isreleased to allow the fingers to 66 rise in front of the bow stringwhere it will be held by both of the fingers and the rgun will be cockedand ready for firing.

As will be seen from Fig. 2, the bow string held fingers projectupwardly from between the fac- 70 ing plates 26 and the side edges ofthe dart guide plate I4, and one of these fingers lies between the guardplate 3| and the plate I4.

' Upon the side of the plate I4 opposite from the guard plate 3| thereis mounted a pivot pin 40 75 which extends longitudinally of the sideedge of the plate I4 and carries between the hinge ears 4I a dartcarrying trough 42. This trough is secured to the pin 40 so Vthat whenthe latter is rocked in a counter-clockwise direction the trough willswing upwardly and inwardly toward the center of the plate I4 and thus adart previously placed in the trough will be rolled over into the areabetween the guide flanges I5 and if the gun is held in upright orupwardly inclined position when this operation is carried out, the dartwill slip back so that its rear end will enter the propeller unit 36.

In order to facilitate this oscillation of the dart trough, there ismounted transversely in the forestock the rock shaft 43 which has alifting crank 44 upon that end which lies beneath the trough 42, whilethe other end is provided with a suitable offset crank 45 to which oneend of a contractile spring 46 is attached, while the other end of thisspring is attached tothe gun stock and thus the spring tends tooscillate the shaft 43 so as to move the lifting crank 44 away from'thetrough. The shaft 43 adjacent the crank 45 is suitably formed, asindicated at 41, to facilitate the oscillation of the shaft by the userof the gun. Thus it will be apparent that in the use of the gun when thebow string has been drawn back by rotating the crank shaft 24 in themanner described and the trigger controlled fingers have been placed inengagement with the bow string to hold the bowexed, the dart previouslyplacedr in the trough 42 can be conveniently thrown over into shootingposition by the oscillation of the shaft 43.v After the end of the darthas engaged in the propeller 36 in the manner previously described,release of thebow string by actuation of the trigger .will project thepropeller forward and also the dart, and as the rider plate 31 comesinto violent contact with and is stopped by the rear edge of the barrel28, the dart will be projected forward through and out of the barrel.

In order that Iadditional darts may be kept conveniently at hand, thestock may be provided with a chamber 48 which can be kept closed by theplate 44 pivotally attached to the stock and secured in any suitablemanner. While an elongated dart chamber has been illustrated it will beapparent that a chamber of any other configuration may be made use ofwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

It should be additionally pointed out that in the operation of the gun,after the bow wire 35 has been drawn back by means of the crank 25 andcord 39, before the gun can be fired the cord 39 is drawn forwardlythrough the opening 2|! so as to unwind enough of it from the shaft 24to allow the dart projector to move forward freely.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that the gun hereindescribed is of novel character and may be used in the playing of gameswhere a target is shot at.

What is claimed, is:

l. A dart gun comprising an elongated body including a stock, a breechand fore-stock, an elongated guide plate mounted upon the forestockadjacent the breech portion thereof, a barrel extending forwardly fromthe forward end of said plate, a rider plate slidably mounted upon theguide plate, a dart propeller/carried by the rider plate, spring meansconnected with said propeller and adapted to be placed under tensionwhen the propeller is moved into the breech area of said stock,propeller holding means for maintaining the propeller in positionwithsaid resilient means undertension and releasable by said trigger, a dartcarrier pivotally mounted at one side of said guide plate foroscillation on an axis extending longitudinally of the guide plate, andmeans for oscillating said carrier on said axis toy transfer a darttherefrom onto the guide plate immediately in frontof said propeller.

2. A `dart shooting gun, comprising an elongated body consisting ofstock, breech portion, and fore-stock, an elongated plate secured to thetop of the body and having a rear end overlying the breech portion,angesfextending longitudinally of `and spaced from the plate forming lguide grooves extending through the length oi' barrel extendingforwardly the guide plate, a from the fore-stock and over the forwardend of said guide plate, a trigger pivotally mounted in said breechportion, a pair of nger members rockably mounted upon the breech portionof the body and having the` finger members normally projecting abovesaid guide grooves, a iiat rider plate mounted upon gsaid guide plateand having its edges engaged in said grooves, a dart propeller carriedby the rider` plate, a resilient bow secured transversely of the forestock, and a bow string connecting the ends `of the bow and extendingacross the guide plate behind and engaging said propeller, said ngersoperating to engage the bow string upon either side of the propellerwhen the bow string is drawn l back to retain said propeller againstmovement. 3. A dart gun comprising `a stock, abreech portion and a forestock, said breech portion having a chamber opening through the top andthrough the under side thereof and said chamber having the side wallsthereofjprovided' with arcuate slots, a propeller mounted upon said forestock for longitudinal movement, means parallelbody therebetween, the

ing the fore stock for guiding the propeller, a bow secured acrosstheforward end ot the fore stock,

string when theV latter is drawn back ,to tension the bow, andconnecting means between the trigger an `the bar for oscillating thefingers downwardly for the release of the bow string.

a stock, a breech and fore stock integral therewith, `a guide plateextendinglongitudinally of lthe top surface of the fore a dart propellerslidably mounted upon said guide plate, a bow secured transversely ofthe forward end of the forestock, a string connecting the ends ofA saidbow and extending across .the guide plate and behind and in engagementwith said propeller, trigger release means carried by the breech andadapted to engage the bow string when the propeller is drawn back tomaintain the propeller in said position, a vvertically disposed plateextending longitudinally oi' the breech and a portion of the fore stockand at one axis extending longitudinally of the 'guide plate and at theopposite side of the inwardly toward the guide plate to deposit a dartfrom the receptacle onto the guide plate.

n MOSES S. SHIRN.

30 side of the guide plate,-a dart carrying receptacle mounted upon an

